Climate averages 1991–2020
Bolton weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Bolton: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wigan (14 km away). In February its highs average 7.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Bolton, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Bolton ranks joint 123rd of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 121st of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Bolton is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bolton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 83 | 15.1 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | 6.8°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 72 | 13.3 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 70 | 13.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 65 | 12.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 14.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 67 | 12.7 | 15.916 h |
| June | 16.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 81 | 13.8 | 17.017 h |
| July | 18.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 82 | 14.8 | 16.516 h |
| August | 18.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 89 | 15.1 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 77 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 91 | 14.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.9°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 91 | 16.1 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 99 | 15.5 | 7.68 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Wigan in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 14 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Salford in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 14 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Manchester in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 17 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Rochdale in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 19 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Blackburn in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 19 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Oldham in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Warrington in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 72 mm rain
- St Helens in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 68 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bolton) is explained once on the Bolton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Warrington lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.